Leafy Green

Phewww! What a couple of weeks. My computer expired suddenly in the middle of a design job with an imminent deadline. So I was completely thrown off course and it affected me more than I would have liked it too. In fact the loss of my computer felt like the loss of part of me and that's the bit I didn't like - that I have become so reliant on a machine - then haven't we all. Now I have a brand new computer and everything is back to normal and I feel so much better after a lovely weekend wandering through the leafy green of the woods in Spring (which is what I'd like to be doing every day).

Fleeting

A few years ago I caught a fleeting glimpse of a basking shark in Salcombe estuary - a magical moment.

As an afterthought - it was a fleeting glimpse of the world for the plankton too!

© 2009 nicky linzey for Illustration Friday

Talisman

I believe that whatever man does in this world, mother nature is in charge and she does step in to ward off evil spirits and protect us - so these are my amulets.

© 2009 nicky linzey for illustration friday

For Yoon See

I've had a request to create a montage of splashing rain water drops. It hasn't rained here for a while so I took some shots of fast flowing water instead - with a few splashes - hope you like it Yoon See. Thanks for suggesting this, I had a great time doing it and when it rains I'll have another go.

TV blues

More out of focus shots. This time of a television programme - Coast - about the South coast of Wales.

Poise

I've photographed this angel so many times. She's in one of my favourite places - the cemetery and I cannot believe she is still standing. I definitely think she has poise. I drew her in pen & ink and then layered a photo of some old stone underneath the illustration. The grave is of a 13 year old girl called Boo who died in 1904.

© 2009 nicky linzey for Illustration Friday.

Seeing green

I see green everywhere at the moment. These pictures are from one alleyway and all the walls and fences are covered in algae - which means everything is beautifully green.